Glass Waste

Streamline your waste management with our tailored glass collection and recycling services

How Glass Recycling Works

Glass packaging is 100% recyclable and can be endlessly recycled without loss in purity or quality and is one of the most recycled materials in the UK. It is estimated that it would take around 1 million years for glass to decompose. It is not something that should ever end up in landfill, although large quantities are still sent there.

Glass packaging is very versatile, when it has been melted down it gains a second life, not just as recycled bottles and jars but also as glass wool, fibre optic cables and building aggregate. Recycled glass uses approximately 75% fewer raw materials than new glass helping to maintain natural resources.

Glass Collections And Recycling Nationwide

With more and more businesses being aware of the environment and the impact waste has on it, most people now understand the importance of recycling. Not only is it good for the environment, it is also good for business, reducing the cost of general waste collection, helping keep waste out of landfill and ethically it is the right thing to do.

Glass Recycling Bins

Our most commonly used glass recycling containers are 240 litre wheelie bins, but we also offer a range of bins and skips depending upon your needs. GWR Waste Management can arrange scheduled collections to suit your requirements.

Where Does Glass Recycling Go?

The process for recycling glass depends on the type of glass you need to recycle, if you have broken glass, window panes and glass bottles and jars all to recycle at the same time you will just need to separate your waste glass into individual glass bins.

The glass is then taken to a Material Recovery Facility (MRF) where it is separated from other products such as tin, paper or plastic.

The glass is then sorted by colour and washed to remove any contaminants.

Once it is clean it is crushed, melted and moulded into new products like bottles and jars. Glass that doesn't make it into bottles and jars is often used for other purposes such as glass wool, building aggregate and fibre optic cables.

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